I’ve written before about L’s funny conversations with Nana. The combination of his toddler-speak and her accent makes for a total communication breakdown that neither of them seems to mind or notice. As I’m often the only person in the room who understands both of them, I am witness to so many strange conversations, and I marvel that they seem to get by without full-time translators.
According to L’s pronunciation, many words begin with the letter B. He’s not excited, he’s becited. When he wants to interrupt, he says “bescuse me.” He bemembers things rather than remembers. He loves to eat bessert and his favorite vegetable is bematoes.
It’s been a little while since Nana left, but I guess she was on L’s mind. Out of nowhere L said this to me in the car, and it made me laugh out loud:
“Some people, like you and me, say bemato. But did you know that other people say tom-aaah-to?” The latter said with exaggerated fake English-ish accent, and perfect enunciated T’s.
Maybe you had to be there…
That is cute. Loved it.
LOVE IT!!! It made me giggle even though I wasn’t there
Both of my boys said all of those “b” words too !!
My favorite was bynastics instead of gymnastics.
Adorable!
Somehow Miss A at 3yo picked up my sister-in-law’s Brooklyn accent only with the word “garbage”. So she calls it “GUARbej”.
I love these funny little things about kids. How boring would life be without these little funnies.
Maybe he should be living in England learning the British accent.
i think he is just trying to see if you are paying attention… like secretly in his room, he says to himself each morning, “don’t forget the ‘b’ test on mommy again.” then he gets up and starts on and on with b words. each evening when he goes to bed, he pats himself on the back for tricking you again. that’s what i think. what a little genius